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Getting your resale royalties payment.

The timeline for getting your resale royalty:

  • The AMP reporting the resale has 60 business days to do so.
  • Once the report has been reviewed by our research team, the royalty will be either approved or declined.
  • Any approved resales will then be invoiced for the royalty amount.
  • Once the royalties have been paid, RRA will hold the payment until our next quarterly distribution.
  • Artists or the successors are then notified by email to log into the RRA Portal to review and claim their royalty payment.

Why didn’t I get my royalty?

  • AMP’s have 60 business days to report resales, so it’s possible we haven’t received a report for your works resale yet.
  • After the report has been approved, the AMP is invoiced, and only once this is paid, are we ready to put the royalties into the next distribution.
  • RRA runs royalty distributions quarterly throughout the year.
  • This means the time between the resale of your work, and getting notified and receiving royalty payments can be 3-6 months.
  • The best way to ensure timely payment is to make sure you are registered with RRA, have set up your RRA user and ensure your bank details have been verified.

What to if I still haven’t received a royalty after 6 months:

  • Check the sale date: Confirm the exact date the resale happened. Sometimes resales are only finalised after the auction date.
  • Check your work meets the criteria under the scheme:  Please see our step-by-step flowchart under the ‘Criteria’ section on our Homepage here
  • Register with RRA: We may already have a royalty payment for you but have been unable to find your contact details, or we may have a royalty in our next quarterly distribution. You can register at any time by completing our online form here: Resale Royalties Aotearoa – Registration Form
  • Contact RRA: Should you believe your work has been resold and meets the specified criteria, and you have not received notification of a royalty payment, kindly provide us with the relevant details via our contact form here: Resale Royalties Aotearoa – Contact Us. We will then conduct a further review.